The rich history of Andalusia is in many respects the history of its three most influential cultures and their defining religions: Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Andalusia is a vast region of nearly 34 thousand square miles, with some cities established in excess of...

Image copyright Reuters Boris Johnson has described one of No 10’s proposals for a post-Brexit customs arrangement as “crazy”. A “customs partnership”, thought to be favoured by the PM, would involve the UK collecting import tariffs on...

France won the friendly 3-1 with Paul Pogba scoring a 30-yard free-kick and Kylian Mbappe netting twice The Russian Football Union has been fined £22,000 for racist chants by fans in March’s friendly with France. Paul Pogba, Ousmane Dembele and N’Golo...

Image copyright Blizzard Image caption Thousands of World of Warcraft players struggled to log in to the game as a result of a cyber-attack in 2010 A World of Warcraft gamer has been sentenced to jail in the US for carrying out a cyber-attack that interfered with the...

Wellens won his only other Grand Tour stage at the 2016 Giro d’Italia Britain’s Simon Yates made up ground on overall leader Rohan Dennis as Tim Wellens won a tough uphill sprint on stage four of the Giro d’Italia. The first stage on Italian soil,...

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Campaigners have taken to the streets across the island of Ireland over the Eighth Amendment referendum Facebook has said it will block ads relating to Ireland’s forthcoming referendum on abortion that do not originate...

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe bus caught fire on the Via del Tritone A public bus engulfed in flames in a European capital – but no-one in Rome thought to blame terrorism. Instead they wearily pointed the finger at the...

Image copyright Google maps Image caption The manager of this Franprix branch says his staff receive daily racial insults “Racists are banned from this shop” reads a handwritten sign in the window of one Paris supermarket. The shop’s manager, himself...

Image copyright EPA Image caption Ireland’s Ryan O’Shaughnessy qualified for the final with his song Together Ireland will take part in the Eurovision Song Contest final after making it through the first semi-final in Lisbon. Switzerland, Belgium and...